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Day 2 Report

Day since starting meds : 2 Time Taken : 6:30AM Type : Adderall XR 20mg Other Stimulants: None Other Meds : Tylenol for Headache Overall Feeling for the day: Today was honestly really rough. I don't know if it was the lack of sleep the night before, quitting coffee cold turkey, or forgetting to eat throughout the day... but I had a severe headache a good part of the day. I learned that my focus could be significantly hampered by these headaches and that this was going to be a long road to go down before I would stabilize. That's OK, as I tell my daughters, failures are opportunities in disguise -- like super heroes -- they teach us how to do better tomorrow. Also experienced a really bad mood swing last night, feel bad for snapping at my wife. Again, lessons learned... do better tomorrow. Went to bed on time and was able to stay asleep most of the night, so chalk it up to a win on that front. Wake Up / Pre-medication: Woke up around 5 AM after tossing and turning
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Day 1 - Part 2

I wanted to thank everyone for your support, questions, and interest in me keeping you up to date with my journey. Some have asked what this would have been "normally" for me, so I'll add some annotations of "Day 0 me" or pre-medicated to get a comparison.  So the balance of Day 1 was interesting. Around 3PM was talking with the doctor on the results of my daughter's tests, I was able to focus on what she was telling me and relay back my understanding, even though my daughter was playing games and asking questions. - This was a big difference to Day 0 me! Driving home around 3:30PM, found that I was super focused. I almost felt that the road was the only thing in the world. Day 0 me, I would be looking at signs and generally distracted by things.  Did some work when I returned home at 4PM, not as productive as the morning, though was able to work through my email box and not get pulled down a rat hole by something that popped up on the scree
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Day 1 - Part 1

So, today is day one of my ADHD meds... I'm 38 years old and I can honestly say it's been an interesting day so far. I wanted to share my story in the hope that it sheds some light on what your kiddos may be going through. Hope it helps. If it does, I can share more as I settle into this new experience. So, it started around 8am today, after the edge of my tall coffee wore off. At first everything was normal. Then about 9am, things started to kick in, felt like I drank a po t off coffee and really focused on my work. Heart was racing a bit jumpy. Then 10am, went upstairs to work and watch the kiddos while my wife went to vote. I was able to focus on my work for the most part and tune out the TV in the background... interesting. 10:30-11:30, hyper focused like never before. Got a complete script done for an upcoming webinar. That would have normally been on the pile until about 4pm today and crushed for time. 1130, forced to eat something by my loving wife. Wasn'
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